Wu Liang was dumbfounded. He had originally thought that there was a giant zombie in the ancient tomb, but judging from his tone, it seemed that he was still alive.
How is that possible?
Throughout history, it has been extremely rare for powerful individuals to live for more than a thousand years, often requiring special racial talents, and the human race has an even shorter lifespan.
This ancient tomb is at least tens of thousands of years old, and the people inside are still alive?
This completely overturns the common sense of the cultivation world. Once it gets out, it will surely cause a huge uproar.
At the same time, there was also some excitement in his eyes. Could this be a great opportunity for him?
If only one could achieve immortality...
Just thinking about this idea makes me laugh.
Prince Jinwu's expression changed drastically. He was still young and had a long lifespan. Immortality was not so urgent for him. On the contrary, if his father really became immortal, wouldn't he have to be the crown prince for the rest of his life?
The throne of the Demon Emperor, which was about to be within his grasp, slipped away before his eyes—what a painful realization that must have been.
In contrast to him, the Demon Emperor's eyes instantly turned fervent: "How have you been able to live for so long?"
However, he was no ordinary person, and he quickly forced himself to calm down: "What do you want?"
"You're indeed a smart person," the voice chuckled. "Then listen patiently to what I have to say."
Prince Jinwu hurriedly said to the Demon Emperor, "Father, be careful, this might be a trap. This person has gone to great lengths to keep us here, I don't know what kind of trap he has set. I think we should go and explore other places, lest we be overtaken by Zu'an and his gang."
Upon hearing this, the Demon Emperor hesitated. Zu'an had too many secrets. He was the first person in all these years whom the Demon Emperor couldn't see through. Perhaps the other party could really get some opportunity first.
At this moment, a mocking voice came from inside the tomb: "It seems your son doesn't want you to live forever. That's understandable; such things are all too common in the royal family."
The Demon Emperor's eyes suddenly sharpened as he stared intently at the Golden Crow Prince.
He could tell that these were words meant to sow discord, but at his age, he cared too much about immortality. Once a person cares too much about something, they become blind.
Crown Prince Jinwu hurriedly explained, "Father, don't listen to his nonsense. I would never dare to have such a thought."
The Demon Emperor snorted: "Let's hear what he has to say before making any plans."
After what had just happened, Prince Jinwu dared not say anything more, but in his heart he cursed his ancestor, who was of unknown generations past, to death.
“That’s more like it,” the person in the tomb laughed. “We’ve been chatting for so long, and I still don’t know your names.”
The Demon Emperor frowned. There are some evil arts in the world that can use a person's name as a pretext to plot against them. However, such arts require the person's birth date and time, as well as their hair and nails. As long as he keeps the latter few things safe, he doesn't need to worry about the Demon Emperor's trickery. "You can call me Demon Emperor."
The Golden Crow Prince said, "My name is the Golden Crow Prince." Wu Liang opened his mouth, "My name is..."
Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the person in the ancient tomb: "What a big mouth you all have, you don't even have names, you only use titles to refer to yourselves."
Wu Liang clenched his teeth a few times, feeling extremely frustrated. It seemed that the other party didn't consider him a human being at all.
Well, that makes sense. It's just the Golden Crow clan reminiscing; why should I get involved?
The Demon Emperor coldly said, "Our clan has always been like this. Only the most noble status is qualified to use a title instead."
"Fine, say what you will," the voice seemed somewhat disdainful, but it didn't dwell on the matter. "My name is Danzhu, and my title is Emperor Danzhu!"
His tone carried a hint of arrogance.
The Demon Emperor scoffed, "Emperor? Judging from what you've said, you haven't been emperor for many years. What makes you worthy of this title?"
The voice: "..."
After a long silence, he let out a long sigh: "You're right, I really am a good-for-nothing, hahaha~"
Hearing his somewhat delirious voice, the Demon Emperor worried that his madness would ruin his plans, and hurriedly asked, "Since you are the successor of the previous emperor, why were you so easily usurped?"
Upon hearing this, the voice returned to some normalcy, replaced by a deep hatred: "Because the usurper was also a member of the royal family, his name was Shun, and his ancestor was also an emperor."
"Many generations ago, we had a common ancestor named Huangdi. Later, Huangdi ascended to heaven and passed the throne to his son Shaohao, who is our ancestor and is revered as the White Emperor."
The Demon Emperor's heart stirred: "What do you mean by flying to the heavens? Have you passed away?"
The voice sneered, "Ignorance, of course, means exactly what it sounds like; they've ascended to the immortal realm."
The Demon King's eyes suddenly lit up with fervor: "Are there really immortals in this world?"
Although he is now revered as an earth immortal by the people of the world, no matter how powerful he is, he is still an earth immortal, and is far from being a true immortal.
For thousands of years, countless brilliant cultivators have emerged, but none have truly become immortals. Later, people even began to doubt the highest level of cultivation, which was only the Earth Immortal.
The Demon Emperor had been stuck at the Earth Immortal realm for so many years. At first, he had the same doubts. It was only in the last few years of his life that he vaguely felt that the Earth Immortal realm was not the upper limit, but he had no clue how to go any further.
So how can we not be excited when we hear that some people in ancient times could ascend to heaven?
"What's so surprising about that? There are plenty of people who ascend to heaven. For example, your Golden Crow clan's ancestor, Emperor Jun, also ascended to the Heavenly Realm before passing the throne to my father." The voice snorted, as if it carried a strong sense of superiority.
"What exactly is ascension...?" The Demon Emperor could no longer contain himself and asked a series of questions about cultivation.
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